Rib Eye

Pan-Fried Rib-Eye Steak

Pan-Fried Rib-Eye Steak

Ingredients

SERVES 2

Serve beef rib meat at least medium-rare, if not medium, to cook the fat running through it. This gives the meat lots of flavour – great with a red wine sauce

• 2 rib-eye steaks, each about 200g and 2cm thick
• 1tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 tbsp/25g butter
• 1 garlic clove, left whole but bashed once
• thyme, optional

Method

1. Up to 8 hrs before cooking, pat the steaks dry with kitchen paper and season with salt and pepper
2. Heat the oil over a high flame in a heavy-based frying pan that will comfortably fit both steaks
3. When the oil is shimmering, turn the heat down to medium-high and add the butter
4. Once it’s sizzling, carefully lay the steaks in the pan, tucking the garlic and herbs in at the sides
5. Stand over the steaks with a pair of tongs, searing and turning them every 30 seconds to 1 min so they get a nice brown crust
6. As a rough guide, each steak will take 4 mins in total for rare, 5-6 mins in total for medium and 8-10 mins for well done
7. Leave the steaks to rest for at least 5 mins